Chapter 40 Midnight Murder
By the end of the day, darkness had covered the land, and a bonfire was lit in the boundless wilderness.
Around the bonfire, there sat a circle of big men in green clothes, who drank wine in large bowls, ate large pieces of meat, and kept spitting foul language and humming obscene tunes in their mouths.
"Erzhai master, you see it's dark this day, and the people you want to find haven't seen a shadow yet, how long are we going to wander around in this wilderness?" A man in green clothes asked a middle-aged man sitting in the middle, who was short and stout, wearing a brocade robe with a group of flowers, and two mouse's whiskers on his lips.
"I don't count what I said, it doesn't matter what the master of the village said, I have to listen to the instructions of the Holy Sect." This short, sturdy middle-aged man with rat whiskers is the second owner of Lijin Village, You Decai.
"Damn, the master of the second village, you said that the brothers used to live a lot of carefree, why did the master of the village have to pull the brothers to join the Guanyin Sect, and let a group of girls take care of us. Damn, how aggrieved you are. A man in green clothes scolded and scolded.
"Yes! If you want to change it to before, you will go back to the cottage early and be happy, and you will still use it to drink wind here. Another man in Tsing Yi is venting his dissatisfaction.
"Second village master, you really shouldn't say so much when you meet that group of white-clothed girls, otherwise you won't want us to stay and help them find someone."
Everyone was gossiping, as if they wanted to vent the frustration of the day in this wilderness.
You Decai squinted and didn't speak. He understood the frustration of his brothers, and he was not. It's just that they can say these words, and they can only hold them in their hearts.
He took out a purple spring-colored phoenix-patterned jade pendant from his arms, which he chased after Yang Muyun and Zhu Xiyuan when they jumped into the river, and of course, a long sword. It's just that he handed over the long sword to Wei Yunlan, and he kept this jade pendant.
"Well, the color of the jade is good, there is no trace of impurities, especially there are not many fine products of this color, it must be very valuable." He looked at it over and over again, and the jade pendant was shining brightly, with a big Xi character engraved in the center. "What the hell are these two boys, they have such valuable things on them."
The whining of dissatisfaction around me stopped for some time, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet for a while.
A gust of wind blew, and the flames of the campfire jumped. You Decai's eyelids couldn't help blinking, and in the blink of an eye, the jade pendant in his hand had disappeared.
You Decai was shocked and looked around.
I don't know when there was a figure around the campfire, a gray figure.
You Decai stood up and grabbed the ghost-headed broadsword beside him tightly with his right hand.
The gray figure turned around, revealing a cold face, that face was very young, should be in his early twenties, but not handsome, the lines were too cold and hard, the facial features were like a knife and an axe, resolute and indifferent, the dark eyes were as sharp as a blade, making people dare not look at him, and the cold mist of that body was even more terrifying, chilling people's hearts and making people shudder.
"Where did you get this?" The gray-clothed man stretched out a pale palm, and on the palm of his palm was the purple spring-colored phoenix-patterned jade pendant.
His voice was extremely faint, with an icy aura.
"---Someone is coming," You Decai yelled, but the surroundings were quiet, only the wind blowing clothes and hunting.
"Hmph--- there's no one alive here except you." The corners of the gray-clothed man's mouth twitched, and he snorted coldly, with disdain and contempt, which made people feel a deep chill.
You Decai's eyes widened and he looked around, and dozens of his subordinates fell to the ground, motionless, not the slightest bit angry. He was so frightened that he hurriedly ran over and turned over their bodies one by one, to be precise, it should be --- corpses. There was only one fatal wound to each corpse, and that was a bloody wound in the throat.
You Decai's body shook like chaff.
"Let me ask again, where did you get this?" The grayman's voice was not loud, but it seemed to float out of hell.
"Did you let me go?" You Decai's voice trembled violently.
"Then it's up to you to tell the truth." The man in gray said leisurely.
"I --- say---" You Decai desperately squeezed out these two words from between his teeth, and the hands holding the hilt of the ghost's big knife were bruised, and he let out a low muffled roar in his throat.
Suddenly, You Decai's body burst out, and his short body flew towards the gray-clothed man like a cannonball, holding the knife in both hands and slashing hard, the sharp blade was mixed with a whining sound of breaking the air, as if to split the gray-clothed man and the surrounding air.
Sen Leng's blade disappeared like a flash of lightning, and the gray-clothed man had disappeared.
You Decai felt a chill in his throat in a daze, and the scene in his eyes had become blurry and blackened......
"Plop", You Decai's body fell straight down like a stake.
The man in gray sighed and disappeared into the night.
"Did you find anything here?" An old man with a white beard asked a few men in Tsing Yi who were groping by the river.
"The master of Sanzhai, there is nothing, people rush downstream along the river, and they have to take a look at the front." A man in Tsing Yi said.
This white-bearded old man is Hua Wanting, the owner of the three villages of Lijin Village, although he is the oldest, he is the latest. So sit in third place in the cottage.
"Let's go downstream." Hua Wanting touched the beard under his chin.
"Master Sanzhai, it's so late, you can't see anything in the dark everywhere, let's look for it when it's dawn." A group of men in Tsing Yi complained bitterly.
"By dawn, everyone has run away, and they are still looking for a fart." Hua Wanting scolded. "You, go here and look for it. You guys, get there. And the two of you, go and search the reeds...... Whoever dares to steal and play tricks, don't blame the soul-breaking gun in my hand for being unkind. โ
Two men in green clothes came to a reed swing.
"I said, for the sake of those white-clothed girls, why is the master of Sanzhai so hard-working?" One said.
"I don't know, maybe there are three village masters among those girls, right?" The other smirked.
The two of them smiled lewdly and walked into the reeds......
"Ah---h---h
"Where are the people!" Hua Wanting was surprised and delighted, "Quick, outflank the past......"
Hua Wanting and dozens of men in Tsing Yi surrounded a reed swing.
"Ah---" After a miserable scream, a man in Tsing Yi was thrown out of the reeds like a broken sack, covered in flesh and blood, and he saw that he was no longer alive.
"Throw a torch and burn!" Hua Wanting shouted categorically.
As soon as the words fell, a meteor flew out of the reeds and went straight to Hua Wanting's chest. Hua Wanting quickly pulled out the stainless steel short gun he carried with him to meet him, and there was a loud "boom". Hua Wanting only felt that his arm was numb, and the steel short gun almost came out of his hand.
The meteor was blocked for a moment and flew out, "Ah--", "Ah--" screams were endless, and where the meteor passed, blood burst out from the chests of a group of men in green clothes. The rest shouted, fled in all directions, and disappeared into the night in a moment.
At this moment, heavy footsteps sounded in the reeds, and they stepped on the ground like a drum. Hua Wanting unconsciously grabbed the stainless steel short gun in his hand.
The reeds on both sides were divided, and out came a tall and mighty strong man, holding a long-handled double-edged axe, and stood there, like an abyss.
"Who are you? Why do you want to kill my men? Hua Wanting asked.
The strong man didn't answer, raised the double-edged axe and slashed down at Hua Wanting's head, Hua Wanting didn't dare to take it hard, and flashed to the side. With his right hand in his hand, he pointed the gun at the strong man, and the head of the gun carried an iron chain into the strong man's throat like an arrow off the string.
The strong man snorted, his huge head quickly deflected, and the head of the gun grazed his neck.
Hua Wanting raised his hand, and the head of the gun quickly flew back to the hilt. He gripped the handle of the gun with both hands and twisted it hard, only to hear the "click" sound, and the handle of the gun increased by seven feet. The length is only longer than the brawny man's long-handled double-edged axe.
With a "sigh", Hua Wanting raised a spear and stabbed a spear flower directly into the chest of the strong man, and the strong man avoided it sideways, stretched out his arm and swung the axe to the body of the spear. With a sound of gold and iron, Hua Wanting's mouth cracked, and the spear almost fell off. Knowing that the opponent's arm was too strong to collide with him, he took a few steps back and distanced himself from him. The strong man didn't give him a chance to breathe, took a step forward, his hands quickly reversed, and he conjured up the shadow of an axe in the sky, sweeping towards the other party like a violent wind. Hua Wanting didn't dare to take his blade anymore, dodging left and right, and gradually ran out.
"Ding--" The tip of the double-edged axe hooked the head of the gun, but the tip of the gun was aimed at the face of the strong man. Hua Wanting was overjoyed and pressed the handle of the gun. The head of the spear is like a white snake spitting out a letter, detached from the handle of the gun and stabbed the opponent in the face with an iron chain. At such a distance, the strong man has no way to avoid it. Who knew that the strong man had a mouth, and with a "click" and a steel tooth bit the tip of the gun, and the "click" bit off the tip of the gun.
Hua Wanting was shocked, threw down his spear and turned to run. As soon as the strong man grasped the handle of the axe, with a bang, the seven-foot long handle shrank to one foot. With his right arm, he threw the short axe forward, and the short axe flew like a meteor catching the moon, whirling in the direction where Hua Wanting ran.
The sound of metal cutting into the flesh was followed by a long scream......
In a forest along the riverbank, a middle-aged man with a majestic appearance and a long beard led dozens of men in green clothes to search for something inside.
"What time is it?" The middle-aged man asked a man in Tsing Yi beside him.
"Back to the village, it's time now."
"Wellโโ, now Tao Sanshui should have escorted the carriage and horse of the inspection department back to the cottage." The middle-aged man groaned. He is Yu Jinbiao, the owner of Lijin Village.
"The owner of the village, you let so many people escort the cars and horses of the inspection department back to the cottage, are there too few people left?" A man in Tsing Yi asked.
"Less? We're only looking for two people, isn't a few dozen people enough? Yu Jinbiao laughed.
"The owner of the village, the villain doesn't understand. You said that we had a good life on the mountain, why did we join that Guanyin Sect? There is a living ancestor on this head, just like wearing a tight mantra, telling us to do whatever we want. A man in Tsing Yi grumbled.
"What are you talking nonsense? In the future, this will rot in the stomach, and it will not be allowed to say it again. Yu Jinbiao frowned.
"But that's what the brothers say."
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In the woods, two men in Tsing Yi were carefully searching with steel knives in their hands.
"Did you find anything there?" A man in Tsing Yi asked.
"Black Bush Winter, you can only see ghosts if you can find them." The other muttered.
"Ka'er" A woman's coquettish smile came from not far ahead.
The two of them couldn't help but be creepy, they wouldn't really encounter ghosts, right? The night is dark and the wind is high, in the wilderness, where is the woman from?
"Let's go and see." The two of them clenched the steel knives, their whole bodies on guard, and walked slowly towards the place where the sound came from.
In the moonlight, a red ribbon is tied between the two trees. There is a bewitching girl lying on the red ribbon, the girl is about sixteen or seventeen years old, the red dress is covered with a body, under the slender jade neck, the crisp chest is slightly raised, a touch of spring marks are like clotted white jade, a bundle of plain waist, it is not a hand, a pair of long and well-proportioned beautiful legs outline a seductive curve, and the beautiful lotus feet are stilted on the ribbon, emitting a seductive breath.
Hearing that someone was coming, she turned her head and showed an extremely beautiful face. A pair of eyes that are more charming than peach blossoms are smiling and charming, the water covers the fog, the charm is rippling, the corners of the small mouth are slightly upturned, the red lips are slightly open, and she wants to attract people to kiss Fangze, this is a woman who exudes charm from the bones, her every move, smile and cheek, all are seducing men and affecting men's nerves.
The two men in Tsing Yi opened their mouths wide, not knowing whether they were scared or stupid.
"Girl, who are you? How could it be alone here? One asked.
"Want to know? Come here, and I'll tell you. The voice of the girl in red is even more charming than her appearance, which makes people's hearts itch and crisp.
The two men in Tsing Yi glanced at each other and walked slowly towards her together.
When she entered within a distance of the girl in red, the girl in red disappeared, leaving a red ribbon fluttering in the wind.
The two of them widened their eyes and were about to open their mouths to shout, when they suddenly felt a pain in their vests, a cold heart, and a long stab of six-edged steel penetrated from their backs to their chests, and their voices choked in their throats, and they couldn't come out anymore. The last thing they saw in their blurred eyes was the cold gaze of a girl dressed in red......
"Huh? Where has this man gone? Why didn't you see any of them? Yu Jinbiao looked around and muttered in his heart.
He walked towards the forest on his left, and suddenly, he felt a soft thing, leaned down and touched it, it was a corpse. Shocked in his heart, he turned the corpse over, and it turned out to be his own subordinates, the corpse was slightly warm, and blood was still oozing from the fatal part of his chest.
Yu Jinbiao's heart tightened, cold sweat broke out all over his body, and he looked forward in panic...... There are two here, three there, and in the grass next to the trees......
Yu Jinbiao finally found all his men, but they all turned into corpses.
"Are there enough people?" The voice is extremely charming.
Yu Jinbiao followed the sound and looked, under the moonlight, a very charming girl in red leaned against a tree, playing with a pair of six-edged stainless steel emei thorns in her hand. The girl turned her face to him and smiled brightly, and a pair of extremely seductive peach blossom eyes blinked twice.
"You're missing one now."